Patient mistreatment of health care professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mistreatment of health care professionals by patients is an ongoing problem. We aimed to construct and evaluate a curriculum that would prepare health care professionals for mistreatment by patients.

Methods

Lessons learned from 15 interviews and 2 focus groups with health care professionals were distilled into a multi-modal curriculum including didactics, simulation videos and role-play scenarios aimed to improve confidence in addressing mistreatment. This curriculum was disseminated at five educational workshops to health care professionals of various training groups and experience levels. Pre- and post-surveys were distributed to assess changes in participant's perspectives on readiness to address mistreatment. The signed-rank test was implemented to compare pr

SUBMITTER: Mahoney DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8886904 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature